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Responsiveness of Pseudaletia unipuncta males to the female sex pheromone
Article first published online: 13 MAR 2008
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.1983.tb00366.x
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TURGEON, J. J., McNEIL, J. N. and ROELOFSt, W. L. (1983), Responsiveness of Pseudaletia unipuncta males to the female sex pheromone. Physiological Entomology, 8: 339–344. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.1983.tb00366.x
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- Issue published online: 13 MAR 2008
- Article first published online: 13 MAR 2008
- Accepted 15 February 1983
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Keywords:
- Male responsiveness;
- female sex pheromone;
- Noctuidae;
- Pseudaletia unipuncta.
ABSTRACT. In wind tunnel experiments male response to different concentrations of synthetic pheromone varied with age. At 25°C responsiveness increased up to day 5 and then declined slightly on day 7. For any given age the level of response generally increased with an increase in pheromone concentration. Males held at 15°C (since emergence) showed a continual increase in responsiveness with age; however, overall response levels were less than at 25°C. At 25°C male response to low concentrations of pheromone (10 and 30 μg) varied markedly over a 24 h period but no differences were observed at higher concentrations (100 and 300 μg).